Appropriate "Safety" Colleges for an MIT Applicant?

tokenadult
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:08:10 +0000

Being the OP , I’ll explain that my concept of “safety college” is a concept that is fluid, depending on characteristics of the applicant. So it would be valid to call Cal a safety college for a Bay area student whose high school class rank alone assures admission. That student can go on up from Berkeley (?) to load up his application list with other desirable colleges.

Because I don’t live in California, it’s much more doubtful that Berkeley would be a safety for any of my children.